my favourites.
Here’s my rolling list of all the places that are present in my mind so far. I will update it periodically as I discover new things. It is by no means exhaustive, these are places I have been in the past, and a few of…
Secret Sandwich Shop
Secret Sandwich Shop, Dec-22.Seen the Led crew in here a lot and I’m glad I finally made time to pop in. Top sarnies, quality fixings, and I especially love the milk bread, makes all the difference. I had the xmas special (pork, turkey, crispy shallots),…
Ikoyi London, Sept 2020
September 2020, London, UK. Post Lockdown, Jeremy Chan and team are better than ever. Plantain, kombu, ginger and thick-cut honey truffle ‘cookies’. Mackerel, langoustine oil, the greatest cuisson on mack ive ever come across. Tetra squash, Ikoyi’s own-made pumpkinseed miso, husk cherries, juicy like a…
#scrambledkang: beef tartare with endives
beef tartare with endives With angus sirloin, shallots, chives, pickles, capers, lemon, salt, pepper, sriracha, mayo, touch of brandy, balsamic, aged rice vinegar, sesame oil, evoo. Topped with crispy onions, more chives, egg yolk. Then smashed, mixed up and covered with endives. Prep Assembly
#scrambledkang: Egg(s) and Asparagus
======== we’re all on IG these days, and my blog has really become a bit of a digital museum. I do treat it like one as well, and upload my favourite memories here. Mainly because this is my own url and I get to keep…
Le Clarence, Paris
restaurant details: website , IG I finally made it here and can genuinely say that I totally believe all the fanfare bandied around Christophe Pele’s gem in the house of Haut Brion. His cuisine is one of modernity, subtlety and clarity. Decidedly French with flourishes…
Endo at the Rotunda
restaurant details: website , IG I am so glad to finally see Endo san in his own digs. I’ve been waiting 3 years since my first taste of Sushi Endo courtesy of @natsukipim‘s Hoxcup sake bar popup, and knew then that he had something very…
Greenhouse Mayfair, Oct 2019
restaurant details : website , IG It’s now been over a year since Alex Dilling took over the reigns from Arnaud Bignon, and what year it has been for this this charming little restaurant that has survived the decades with its series of chefs. Alex…
Chef’s Table at Tayēr+Elementary
I really liked Viajante when it was around, this is going back nearly a decade now, then latterly Taberna, both pushed out some delicious things for us Londoners, though both are now shut and superseded by Nuno’s other projects (Chiltern holding fort, Maos gaining steam,…
The Sea, The Sea
…It was with a heavy heart that I dined at Londrino for the last time in February this year. It was one of my favourite new openings in London, as it stood apart from the mass market IG-friendly model, here was a Chef interested in…
Bao Borough
Another year, another new Bao opening. As I understand, up till now, Erchen has been the creative soul of the kitchen, but for Borough, she is sharing the role of developing the new menu with Anaïs van Manen, who works as a development chef for…
Tonkatsu Hinata, Tokyo
The last time I wrote about Tokyo tonkatsu, was a back to back post on two of Tokyo’s best – Narikura and Tonta. As you know I love tonkatsu and this year chose to visit this relative newcomer to the Tonkatsu scene, which is slowly…